akimbotoo, I regret. What else can I say, & even that doesn't help. Your sis may need to win the lottery or PCH.Need to try James72's revised linkie for Rest Of Tail/Tale also. You may be embarrassed James, but Nosey Minds & Those Concerned Directly With That Censored Disease, or Merely Concerned, wanna know, whether entitled or not.

credit sherpa, Ago. Just a tad premature --

Try to fetch in a graphic from Toronto Wildlife Ctr for their Open House on July 20 we don't get to attend as we'll have left before then. Dunno why it Won't; once saved, am not able to retrieve. boo hisss

James72:Weird. She's fine. She got spayed on Thursday. There's just a lot of worry because of the history of her two brothers that passed from FIP. Spaying causes a lot of stress on the body & immune system and that has me worried, since most kittens develop FIP while their immune system is lowered (After a cold, surgery, vaccination, etc...).

Awww...cold belly :o(She looks really healthy James. You take great care of her. I don't think you have anything to worry about./I know...easier said than done.

james72I enjoyed the episode. You were awesome. You are obviously a very kind soul. And people need to know about FIP. There have been some break throughs lately. Purrhaps in the near future they will have a vaccine.

yobbery:James72: Weird. She's fine. She got spayed on Thursday. There's just a lot of worry because of the history of her two brothers that passed from FIP. Spaying causes a lot of stress on the body & immune system and that has me worried, since most kittens develop FIP while their immune system is lowered (After a cold, surgery, vaccination, etc...).

Awww...cold belly :o(She looks really healthy James. You take great care of her. I don't think you have anything to worry about./I know...easier said than done.

Okay....sorry. I missed that part of your post. Glad she is doing well!!! I thought she had already been fixed, so I was cornfused. Hugs to all of you!!! :D

lilyspad:sherpa18:I deliberately try to avoid feeding the trolls, but that had to be one of the best responses I have ever seen (whether it was intentional or not). + elebenty.Yes, it was intentional. I generally try to ignore the a**holes, but after all that, I couldn't help myself. And it's true...I really DO like rabbit. :D

After I moved to NJ, I had a warren of rabbits who lived under a wisteria bush on my front lawn, and when it got to the point that they would actually come within a foot of me and wiggle their ears when I got home, I gave up eating rabbit. Also lost my taste for venison when the deer discovered my apple trees and would sleep on my back deck.

laulaja:akimbotoo, I regret. What else can I say, & even that doesn't help. Your sis may need to win the lottery or PCH.Need to try James72's revised linkie for Rest Of Tail/Tale also. You may be embarrassed James, but Nosey Minds & Those Concerned Directly With That Censored Disease, or Merely Concerned, wanna know, whether entitled or not.

sherpa18:lilyspad: sherpa18:I deliberately try to avoid feeding the trolls, but that had to be one of the best responses I have ever seen (whether it was intentional or not). + elebenty.Yes, it was intentional. I generally try to ignore the a**holes, but after all that, I couldn't help myself. And it's true...I really DO like rabbit. :D

After I moved to NJ, I had a warren of rabbits who lived under a wisteria bush on my front lawn, and when it got to the point that they would actually come within a foot of me and wiggle their ears when I got home, I gave up eating rabbit. Also lost my taste for venison when the deer discovered my apple trees and would sleep on my back deck.

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I consider myself lucky that I never got to know any cows or pigs :o)

Then I won't tell you about the cows and pigs we used to have on the "farm". I named them....and they were tasty!! Except the chickens....could not do a fresh chicken. My nose had to wait for a few days. And don't get me wrong....I love bunnies!!! Very cute!! But at one point, we raised them for food. And I had pet bunnies too. Couldn't kill my pets. Never did. That was just how I was raised.....don't anyone send me hate mail! I haven't had rabbit for YEARS!!!!! :D

tigerose:vamtngal: [i.imgur.com image 850x637]This is my dude Jack wearing a shawlette I knitted last month. He is my sweetest baby of the 4 kitties and 2 kids.

Oh he is quite dapper in his cape! I lurv me some black kittehs!

Thanks! 3 of our 4 are solid black. I worked at a no-kill cats only shelter in Colorado Springs and the local kill humane society had a high euthanasia rate for the black guys and gals. I can't fathom why people are so afraid or against black cats. That's how I ended up with my 3 black guys.

Ivan Catman went to vet today again. I decided since I have a job now that I'd get his heart test done. It's something I should do about every 6 months or so to check his heart levels since he has a heart murmur.

Well it was supposed to be a 10-15 min visit just to get some blood drawn. Of course, it turned into 45+ since he fought tooth and nail not to have anything done to him. They couldn't get the blood from the jugular (which is where they said they normally do a blood draw), so they tried his front legs. No go because he fought so hard. So they tried his back legs, which apparently is very sensitive. They finally managed to get blood out of one of them, but he'll be bruised for a day or two at all the different spots where they tried to get blood. Not only that, but he managed to knock over rubbing alcohol and peroxide all over his back legs while struggling. He's also missing a bit of fur from his neck from where the technicians were grabbing his scruff trying to hold him still.

Here's an older picture of the catman. This is what I'm assuming he'll do the rest of the day:

vamtngal:tigerose: vamtngal: [i.imgur.com image 850x637]This is my dude Jack wearing a shawlette I knitted last month. He is my sweetest baby of the 4 kitties and 2 kids.

Oh he is quite dapper in his cape! I lurv me some black kittehs!

Thanks! 3 of our 4 are solid black. I worked at a no-kill cats only shelter in Colorado Springs and the local kill humane society had a high euthanasia rate for the black guys and gals. I can't fathom why people are so afraid or against black cats. That's how I ended up with my 3 black guys.

our families first two kittehs were black. Tommy and Porky. Tom died of a heart disease that trashed his hind legs..twice. He was young. Porky lived to 18.after having been hit by a car and lsing an eye..oy! The bill! But he lurved me to pieces. And he was biiig! A good 15 plus pounds. He had tufted paws, medium hair, and a jacked up hind end.And he loved to run his tail up under my uniform skirt! I swear he was laughing while he did it! Such good memories!

RadicalEd:Ivan Catman went to vet today again. I decided since I have a job now that I'd get his heart test done. It's something I should do about every 6 months or so to check his heart levels since he has a heart murmur.

Well it was supposed to be a 10-15 min visit just to get some blood drawn. Of course, it turned into 45+ since he fought tooth and nail not to have anything done to him. They couldn't get the blood from the jugular (which is where they said they normally do a blood draw), so they tried his front legs. No go because he fought so hard. So they tried his back legs, which apparently is very sensitive. They finally managed to get blood out of one of them, but he'll be bruised for a day or two at all the different spots where they tried to get blood. Not only that, but he managed to knock over rubbing alcohol and peroxide all over his back legs while struggling. He's also missing a bit of fur from his neck from where the technicians were grabbing his scruff trying to hold him still.

Here's an older picture of the catman. This is what I'm assuming he'll do the rest of the day:[img.photobucket.com image 588x784]

Awww....poor baby!! What a traumatic visit for him. I hope he settles down quickly! SKRITCHES!!!!

RadicalEd:Ivan Catman went to vet today again. I decided since I have a job now that I'd get his heart test done. It's something I should do about every 6 months or so to check his heart levels since he has a heart murmur.

Well it was supposed to be a 10-15 min visit just to get some blood drawn. Of course, it turned into 45+ since he fought tooth and nail not to have anything done to him. They couldn't get the blood from the jugular (which is where they said they normally do a blood draw), so they tried his front legs. No go because he fought so hard. So they tried his back legs, which apparently is very sensitive. They finally managed to get blood out of one of them, but he'll be bruised for a day or two at all the different spots where they tried to get blood. Not only that, but he managed to knock over rubbing alcohol and peroxide all over his back legs while struggling. He's also missing a bit of fur from his neck from where the technicians were grabbing his scruff trying to hold him still.

Here's an older picture of the catman. This is what I'm assuming he'll do the rest of the day:[img.photobucket.com image 588x784]

Poor kitteh! Has he been taking lessons frm Eli? Once the vet tech came back into the room wearing a pair of hawking gloves, with Eli scruffed, but supported. Once on the table, he ran straight to my stinky pit, shoved his head in for maximum snuffs..and was calm as could be. I nearly had to give the vet tech her teeth from off the floor.

laulaja *waves* from you neck of the woods. Picking up my Mom for the trip up North. And lovins on her Tabby cat, who will be glued to me during the time when my Mom is driving. :) Back in the day, her cat ztabitha would lay on my son..and his book..until she was comfy, and he was sweating. She was only quiet if she could sit on him.